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The gains from the transition in post-communist Russia were captured by the new managerial class, which won rents from … industrial restructuring. With neither pension reform nor industrial restructuring, Russia's economy has continued to shrink … pays little to pensioners (as in Russia).The authors apply this model to Russia for the period 1992-96. An empirical …
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Despite social, and economic diversity within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, social protection systems share common characteristics. This report develops a framework for a more integrated approach to social protection, and proposes general strategic lines of actions to guide the...
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This summary report is the culmination of a comprehensive, more than a year-long, collaboration between the World Bank, Fiji Department of Social Welfare (DSW), Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics (FIBOS) and AusAID. It reflects various activities undertaken under the work program that was agreed...
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The role and relevance of Social Fund Community-Driven Development (SF/CDD) has been highly debated in the international development community. Some conceive these programs only as parallel and temporary arrangements that can ensure short-term delivery of development benefits. Others emphasize...
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An effective and equitable social protection system can help Kosovo to promote human capital, foster productivity, and reduce poverty. Since its independence in 2008, the country has made considerable socioeconomic progress, benefiting from the support of the international community and its own...
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Despite the pervasive high incidence of poverty, Paraguay has not responded adequately to the need to develop a policy, aimed at providing effective protection to the population. In recent decades the social protection policies in Paraguay were not able to reduce the exposure to, and the...
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